2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men

2016 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournaments
For Men
Tournament details
Host nations  Serbia
 Philippines
 Italy
Dates 4–10 July
Teams 18
Venues 3 (in 3 host cities)
Official website

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The 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament is an international men's basketball tournament in which three teams will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. It will be held on 4–10 July 2016 in Italy, the Philippines and Serbia.[1]

The format will consist of 18 national teams divided into three tournaments of six teams each, with the winning team from each event qualifying for the Olympics.

Hosts selection

On 12 November 2015, the day after bidding deadline, FIBA announced six candidates to co-host the 3 men's qualification tournaments:[2]

  • Czech Republic (Prague)[3]
  • Germany (Berlin)[4]
  • Italy (Turin)[5]
  • Philippines (Pasay)[6]
  • Serbia (Belgrade)[7]
  • Turkey (Istanbul)[8]

An evaluation of all bids took place,[2] and Italy, the Philippines, and Serbia were announced as hosts of the three Olympic qualifiers on 19 January 2016.[9]

Qualification

Competition Vacancies Qualified
Host Nations[note 1] 3 teams  Serbia
 Philippines
 Italy
EuroBasket 2015 6 teams  France
 Greece
 Czech Republic
 Latvia
 Croatia
 Turkey[note 2]
2015 FIBA Americas Championship 3 teams  Canada
 Mexico
 Puerto Rico
AfroBasket 2015 3 teams  Angola
 Tunisia
 Senegal
2015 FIBA Asia Championship 2 teams  Iran
 Japan
 Lebanon[note 2]
2015 FIBA Oceania Championship 1 team  New Zealand

Draw

The draw for the Olympic qualifiers took place at The House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland on 26 January 2016.[9] The teams were divided into six pots. The draw had three parts. The first part determined in which of the three qualifying tournaments would each team participate, except for the host countries. The second part determined the grouping of each team (Group A or Group B) and the third part determined their position from 1 to 3, which would be used to determine the fixtures.[11]

The teams' FIBA World Rankings on the day of the draw are shown in brackets.[12]

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6

 France (5)
 Serbia (6)
 Greece(10)

 Italy (35)
 Czech Republic (42)
 Canada (26)

 Philippines (28)
 Iran (17)
 Japan (48)

 Angola (15)
 Tunisia (23)
 Senegal (31)

 Latvia (35)
 Croatia (12)
 Turkey (8)

 Mexico (19)
 Puerto Rico (16)
 New Zealand (21)

Source: FIBA [11]

Venues

Serbia Belgrade Philippines Pasay[note 3] Italy Turin
Kombank Arena Mall of Asia Arena Pala Alpitour
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 16,000 Capacity: 16,600

Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

OQT Belgrade (Serbia)

Matches will be played at Kombank Arena in Belgrade.

Preliminary Round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semifinals
2  Angola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 July 2016. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semifinals
2  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 July 2016. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Knockout phase

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
8 July
 
 
 
 
9 July
 
 
 
 
 
8 July
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

OQT Manila (Philippines)

Matches will be played at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay.[note 3]

Preliminary Round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semifinals
2  Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 5 July 2016. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semifinals
2  New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 5 July 2016. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Knockout phase

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
9 July
 
 
 
 
10 July
 
 
 
 
 
9 July
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

OQT Turin (Italy)

Matches will be played at Pala Alpitour in Turin.

Preliminary Round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semifinals
2  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 July 2016. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semifinals
2  Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 July 2016. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: TBA

Knockout phase

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
8 July
 
 
 
 
9 July
 
 
 
 
 
8 July
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Final results

Serbia
# Team W–L Qualification
1st Qualify to the Olympics
2nd
3rd
4
5
6

Philippines
# Team W–L Qualification
1st Qualify to the Olympics
2nd
3rd
4
5
6

Italy
# Team W–L Qualification
1st Qualify to the Olympics
2nd
3rd
4
5
6

Broadcasting

FIBA announced that French broadcaster Canal+ will be the official French broadcaster of the tournament.[13] They also announced that Filipino broadcaster TV5 will be broadcasting the tournament in the Philippines.[14] TSN will also broadcast the tournament in Canada.[15]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ If the tournament is hosted by a team that has already qualified, the next-best team from the host country's federation will also qualify.[10]
  2. 1 2 Lebanon qualified as fifth placers at the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship with the Philippines named as one of the hosts of the Olympic qualifying tournaments. However, FIBA stated that Lebanon is not "in good standing" or behind in payments with FIBA Asia and the FIBA Executive decided to invite Turkey as replacement taking its FIBA World Ranking and final standings at the 2015 EuroBasket in consideration.[8][9]
  3. 1 2 The venue of the qualifying tournament, the Mall of Asia Arena is in Pasay which is part of Metro Manila.[6] For marketing purposes the host city of the Philippine qualifiers is designated as "Manila"

References

  1. ↑ Dy, Adrian (19 January 2016). "FIBA awards Philippines, Italy, Serbia, hosting rights to Olympic Qualifiers". Slam. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 PR N°71 - Eight countries bidding to host the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments
  3. ↑ "Basketbalová federace chce v Praze hostit olympijskou kvalifikaci" (in Czech). sport.cz. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "DBB-Präsident Weiss: "Werden mit Berlin in die Runde gehen"" (in German). Handelsblatt. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Preolimpico in Italia, è pronta Torino" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Basketball FIBA SBP has 'positive expectations' as Fiba names hosts of Olympic wildcard qualifiers". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Borba za Rio u Beogradu? Teško, ali..." (in Serbian). mondo. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  8. 1 2 Feldman, Dan (20 January 2016). "Turkey, not Lebanon, keeps its Olympic basketball dream alive". NBC Sports. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 "Italy, Philippines and Serbia to host Olympic Qualifying Tournaments; France to stage Women's Tournament". FIBA. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Road to Rio - 2016 Men's Olympic Basketball Tournament". Mexico 2015 FIBA Americas Championship Official Website. FIBA. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Procedures for Official Draws of the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men and Women to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games". FIBA. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "FIBA World Ranking for Men". FIBA. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "FIBA and French broadcaster Canal+ strike up exclusive deal for 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments". FIBA. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  14. ↑ "TV5 to serve as the official national broadcast partner of 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament - Philippines". FIBA. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  15. ↑ "Canadian broadcaster TSN to showcase Team Canada's Road to Rio 2016". FIBA. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
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